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The City of North Bay is exploring new rules that would regulate the size, number and placement of election signs on public and private property.
Staff have prepared a report on a proposed election signs bylaw, which council is expected to refer to its general government committee Tuesday, where it will be discussed further before a formal recommendation is made on whether to adopt the regulations or not.
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Under the proposed bylaw, election signs would not be permitted on public property, except for on municipal road allowances and specific areas of certain parks already listed in an existing policy – Lee Park from Judge Avenue to James Street, Thomson Park beside Fisher Street, and the Main Street Overpass from Oak Street East to Judge Avenue.
Historically Speaking: Why is that Samuel C. Fisher sign on Summer Street?
Tony McManus
DOVER - Across the front of the building designated as 17 Summer St. is a good-sized sign: Samuel C. Fisher. He is the third member of the group that invested in the purchase of Ricker s Field in 1868.
At the time of the purchase, he was living at what is 19 Summer at the corner of Summer and Locust, but that lies outside the area of their purchase, and the house itself predates their investment by almost 40 years.
The original residence was built in 1830 by Jabez Dow, a local doctor, who owned and lived in the home at 30 Silver St. Dow was a founder of the Strafford County Medical Society in 1808, and was the husband of Mary Edna Hill Gray Dow, mentioned in previous articles as the pioneering first-ever female owner of a business corporation, the Dover Horse Railway. The new home on land owned by Dow on Summer St., was built for Samuel, Jabez s son, also a doctor, and he lived there un
A car hitting a utility pole caused a power outage in Burlington Wednesday morning, police said.
Before 6:30 a.m., a vehicle traveling east on South Mebane Street collided with a second vehicle. After the collision, the first vehicle hit a utility pole, which broke the pole in half, police said. The broken utility pole caused outages on Mebane Street, Fisher Street, Church Street and Webb Avenue on Wednesday. Power to all but two customers had been restored by 10:30 a.m., according to a Duke Energy online outage map.
The person accused of hitting the pole fled the scene, and police have a warrant for his arrest. He faces charges of careless and reckless driving, hit and run, driving while license revoked and resist, delay, obstruct.
Westwood Police Logs, April 26-May 3
COURTESY OF THE WESTWOOD POLICE
The following are excerpts from the Westwood Police logs from April 26-May 3. The logs are public record.
Monday, April 26
2:19 p.m.: A resident of Putting Drive reported fraud. In early March, the resident noticed three transactions from their checking account to a fraudulent Zell account. The transactions totaled $1,993. The resident has frozen their account, and is dealing with the bank.
2:32 p.m.: A resident turned over two very old .22-caliber target pistols to the station for proper disposal.
4:55 p.m.: A resident of Far Reach Road reported that their mailbox, supported on a granite post, had been struck by a vehicle. Damage was estimated at $250. The resident said it may have happened between 1 and 4:45 p.m.; the resident had several deliveries made. Police are seeking video footage of the area from neighbors.
Committee model
Cllr John Whitworth, West Ham ward, writes:
If the committee model is chosen in the Newham governance referendum there will be major changes in decision making, as a mayor will no longer have local “presidential” powers above those of councillors.
The council will take responsibility for local government and empower its committees to make decisions for each of the different services, with every councillor having a seat on a committee which will work closely with local residents.
The committees will fit with the existing directorates responsible for housing, health, etc, so the council will still have the same structure and deliver the same services - but what is done will be decided collectively and not by a single person.